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Ted Scott

@climate-ted.bsky.social
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PhD Student @UBCGeog: Climate science, summer heat in coastal urban areas, and climate adaptation. Former HS Math & Physics Teacher. Prior PhD Geophysics @UMNEarthScience

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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
"You can't be saying these deals are still compatible with net-zero by 2050. They're not. The deal is not compatible with it. Just be honest with Canadians about this." said @simondonner.bsky.social @ubcgeography.bsky.social @ires.ubc.ca www.cbc.ca/news/politic... via @cbcnews.ca
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'Be honest with Canadians': Ex-member of top climate body criticizes Alberta pipeline deal | CBC News
A former member of Canada's top climate body said the pipeline deal Canada signed with Alberta is incompatible with Carney government's net-zero target.
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Urban Future Walks @urbanfuturewalks.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Urban Future Walks will start TOMORROW! Haven’t registered yet? Please go to urbanfuturewalks.com to secure your spot! Chances to enter a lottery to win $100CAD, free guided tour experience (walking or virtual), complimentary snacks! Come and join us this summer!
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Ted Scott @climate-ted.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
My article about the changes to the summer season in our warming climate was just published in @ca.theconversation.com. It was a fun and rewarding experience to reframe our research for a general audience and to highlight impacts and encourage action. Comment here or there and I might even reply 😊
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Simon Donner @simondonner.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Want to learn about how cities are preparing for the future? If you're in Vancouver this summer, sign up for Urban Future Walks! It involves a free guided tour of downtown Vancouver, and a chance to contribute to university research. Register at urbanfuturewalks.com. Tours start May 16th!
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Simon Donner @simondonner.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Visiting Vancouver this summer? Sign up for Urban Future Walks, our new FREE public experience exploring how cities are evolving in response to a changing world. Participants take part in a guided walking tour or a virtual tour. Register at urbanfuturewalks.com. Tours begin May 16th.
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UBC IRES @ires.ubc.ca · 04/05/2026
Six more days of summer every decade. Ted Scott breaks it down across multiple interviews...Keep watching for Australia’s climate change minister's reaction. Study: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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Ted Scott @climate-ted.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Even the @theguardian.com First Dog on the Moon's Brenda knows longer summers are not just fun and games: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Longer summers are not just more time to spend eating watermelon. No! It’s far more sinister! | First Dog on the Moon
We have done so much climate change research, if they made a big pile of it you could climb up to the afternoon sun and tape a sheet over it to cool things down
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UBC IRES @ires.ubc.ca · 10/04/2026
Ted Scott @climate-ted.bsky.social analyzed temp data from 1961-2023. The works points to urgent questions: What will earlier spring heat mean for food supply? Do today’s climate models that inform planning and policy fully capture these trends or do they need updating? news.ubc.ca/2026/04/summ...
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Ted Scott @climate-ted.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Do you have the sense that summers feel different than when you were younger? That they start quickly, and remain intense until the fall? You’re not wrong. (thread)
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Ted Scott @climate-ted.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Ah, looks like thankfully there was some climate talk at the MSC afterall
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Ted Scott @climate-ted.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Unfortunate that climate is taking a backseat in Munich when climate change is fueling conflict throughout the globe. A great reminder in this essay!
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Lisa Kadonaga @tapirtrouble.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
For his next trick, Trump's going to spend the rest of the day deleting greenhouse gas absorption bands with a Sharpie! Maybe he can open the atmospheric window wide enough to cool the planet -- thank you for your attention to this matter, Mr. President!
Diagram showing absorption spectra of the most important greenhouse gases (water vapour, CO2, methane, etc.) with % absorption on the y-axis, and wavelength on the x-axis (logarithmic). 
Someone has gone through and drawn heavy black X's over all the peaks on the longwave part of the spectrum (to the right of the visible wavelengths).
Above that is the overall atmospheric absorption peak pattern, and above that is the graph for energy intensity of emissions and the different wavelengths, shown for solar radiation at 5525 K (orange) and radiation emitted by the Earth to space at 210-310 K (blue). The peaks are widely separated.

Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_window
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Ted Scott @climate-ted.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
I found the nature commentary provocative and useful in identifying a target metric with positive framing, but this thread makes a strong case for keeping 1.5C alive. Why not use both?
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Ted Scott @climate-ted.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
I suspect if COPs were switched to a majority voting model instead of consensus we could have seen an actual, substantial, roadmap for phase out.
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Ted Scott @climate-ted.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
The prospects for investment in new Canadian LNG and heavy oil export infrastructure are far from promising, both economically and environmentally, write Kathryn Harrison and Simon Donner. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/21/o...
nationalobserver.com
Canada’s proposed oil and gas expansion is a risky bet – for the planet and our economy
Updated pledges before this year’s COP30 meeting in Brazil fell well short of what’s needed to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Tomorrow should be exciting at #COP30. Cop30: dozens of countries threaten to block resolution unless it contains roadmap to fossil fuel phase-out
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Ted Scott @climate-ted.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Yep, they are ticking all the boxes in this list... What Authoritarian Regimes Do  blog.ucs.org/jennifer-jon...
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What Authoritarian Regimes Do
As we speak, the Trump administration is abandoning principles of democracy and dismantling the rule of law. The willful destruction of the federal science apparatus is but one harmful and onerous asp...
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Peter W🤓 @wang.social · 11/10/2025
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Ted Scott @climate-ted.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Like many, I also agree that the pace of progress in global climate action is underwhelming and support the idea of majority voting in climate negotiations by the UNFCCC starting with #COP30. For more read this post by @climatechangenews.com www.climatechangenews.com/2025/09/22/i...
climatechangenews.com
It's time for majority voting at UN climate summits
The head of Greenpeace argues that the climate crisis demands urgent UN reform to facilitate an accelerated global response
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Ted Scott @climate-ted.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
How do we best address a collective action problem like anthropogenic global warming? Multilaterally! I'm heartened by most of what I heard from leaders outside the USA at this year's United Nations General Assembly #UNGA80. I really appreciated the address by Finland's President Alexander Stubb
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🇫🇮 Finland - President Addresses United Nations General Debate, 80th Session | #UNGA
YouTube video by United Nations
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Ted Scott @climate-ted.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
I appreciate the inclusion of solutions to improve the international climate negotiation process in this post: www.chathamhouse.org/2025/09/un-c...
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The UN climate process remains indispensable
But it must evolve to account for an absent US, and to move from pledge-making to delivery.
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Simon Donner @simondonner.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
We sent a probe hundreds of millions of miles across space, set it on a tiny spinning asteroid, collected samples, flew the probe back, landed the capsule with samples on time and target, analysed the samples and discovered the building blocks of life. Science rules. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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An evaporite sequence from ancient brine recorded in Bennu samples - Nature
Samples from the asteroid (101955) Bennu, returned by the OSIRIS-REx mission, include sodium-bearing phosphates and sodium-rich carbonates, sulfates, chlorides and fluorides formed during evaporation ...
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Ted Scott @climate-ted.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Addressing the climate crisis in my community! I've been appointed to the Whatcom County Climate Impact Advisory Committee to help advise the council on all things climate 💪 tons to learn but it feels great to be in a position to make a difference, guide policy, and use my expertise for good.
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